"The Process of European Integration and Political Union: German or Swiss Federal System as a Model for Europe?"

Luthardt, Wolfgang J. (1995) "The Process of European Integration and Political Union: German or Swiss Federal System as a Model for Europe?". In: UNSPECIFIED, Charleston, South Carolina. (Unpublished)

Abstract

[From the introduction]. The hypothesis of my paper is as follows: The open describtion of the 'federal principle' offers the possibility to analyze the internal developments and dynamics within the European Union. It also offers the chance to raise the question whether there might be some historical, institutional and empirical possibilities, while looking on different federal systems llke the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland, to try to work out significant developments and political and institutional patterns which might be helpful for analyzing aspects of the process of European Integration or even could be used in some way as a blueprint.